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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Fitting Jay Ajayi into a crowded backfield is a good
problem for Doug Pederson.

The Philadelphia Eagles upgraded their offense by acquiring Ajayi from Miami
this week. Now the coach has to figure out the best way to use him.

LeGarrette Blount is already having a fine season for the Eagles (7-1). He’s
averaging 4.7 yards per carry and has 467 yards rushing with two touchdowns.
Wendell Smallwood (143 yards) and Corey Clement (131 yards) have also
contributed to the NFL’s fifth-ranked rushing offense.

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But Ajayi is a talented player who went to the Pro Bowl last season after
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However, he’s been inconsistent this year. Ajayi has 465 yards rushing and only
3.4 yards per carry.

”This guy’s a tough, powerful runner,” Pederson said. ”He’s got great vision.
He’s got a great first step Cheap
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One guy doesn’t necessarily bring him down all the time. He brings a very
aggressive run demeanor to our offense.”

It’s unlikely Ajayi can step right in, learn the offense and take over the
role of a workhorse Sunday against the Denver Broncos (3-4). Then again, Adrian
Peterson ran for 134 yards in his first game in Arizona, just five days after he
was traded.

The Cardinals didn’t have other options like Blount.

”I’m excited to come into this talented room and join these running backs and
achieving our goal of helping this team win the Super Bowl,” Ajayi said. ”I view
myself as a three-down guy Cheap
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anything that the offense needs me to do. I’m excited to be able to do that role
here as well. Just continue to work on my craft, whether it’s blocking, catching
the ball out the backfield or running hard for this team. I’m ready to do
anything.”

Blount said all the right things, too.

”I can only control what I can control,” he said. ”Just grind every day like
I’ve been doing and the touches will come.”

Ajayi has averaged 20 carries per game this season. His two best games came
when he got more than 25. Ajayi had 122 yards rushing on 28 carries in Week 2
and 130 yards on 26 runs in Week 6.

”My style is my style,” he said. ”I don’t think it’s a style of always
looking to bounce. Definitely always want to be able to hit the right reads and
make the right decisions on the field. I’m a downhill runner looking to make big
plays for this team, and that’s what I’m going to continue to do.”

Blount has averaged 13 carries per game. In Week 2, he got zero in
Philadelphia’s only loss at Kansas City. Sixteen carries has been his high. He
did that in Week 4 at the Chargers and ran for 136 yards . He also had 16 last
week against San Francisco for only 48 yards.

”He’s not going to play any more or any less than what he’s getting right
now,” Pederson said of Blount. ”Jay, he’s got to learn our system first. I can’t
just throw him out there without him not understanding what we’re doing.”